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Zenový buddhizmus v Európe a na Slovensku : Taisen Dešimaru, Sandó Kaisen a Palo Rozložník
| Title in English | Zen Buddhism in Europe and Slovakia : Taisen Deshimaru, Sando Kaisen and Pavol Rozloznik |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Nový orient |
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| Citation | |
| Web | Abstrakty Nový Orient 74/2019 |
| Keywords | Zen Buddhism; Taisen Deshimaru; Zen in Slovakia |
| Description | This paper is dedicated to Pavol Rozložník (1957—2018), Slovak graphic designer, artist and teacher. Besides working professionally as a successful typograph and designer, Pavol was also the first Zen monk to be ordained within the Soto Zen lineage of Taisen Deshimaru roshi (1914—1982) by Sando Kaisen in 1993. This paper aims at introducing not only the life and career of Pavol, but also the history of European Soto Zen lineage, life and work of Taisen Deshimaru and that of his pupil, Sando Kaisen, Pavol’s teacher. Without either of these three personages, there would have been an utterly different development within the history of the European Soto Zen school. Deshimaru was the pioneer of European Zen, Kaisen was his pupil and Pavol’s teacher, who in turn became the teacher of first Kaisen’s disciples both in the Czech and Slovak Republics. |